KARACHI (Web Desk) – Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf suspected on Saturday there might be some political motive behind the worsening law and order situation in the country’s business-hub Karachi.
The former president, in an interview with a private news channel, rebutted the reports about his willingness to take over as Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief.
“I have good rapport with MQM leaders, but it should not be taken otherwise.”
Musharraf observed that almost every ethnic group has established ‘no-go-areas’ in the port city, where people from that specific group were allowed entry alone. “There were about 13 no-go-areas in Karachi during my government.”
He was of the view that political parties and Taliban militants were destabilising Karachi and the whole Pakistan indirectly.
He however added that every criminal faction should be targeted for the sake of peace, and not a single group.
Mushrraf parried the question, when asked if the MQM headquarters, Nine-Zero, was a no-go-zone, and just said he never visited the site, “but, yes, I have heard people are frisked before being allowed a passage.”
The former military ruler, while answering a question about Liyari gang war, called Uzair Baloch a ‘pawn’ who, according to him, was badly used by the ‘king’.
The former army chief demanded the government take every step for maintenance of law and order in the country.
